A photo posted by Tigerlily (@djtigerlily) on Mar 23, 2016 at 3:14pm PDT

It was three weeks ago now when she ‘flashed’ the camera in the background of a Snapchat video being filmed by her photographer, Alex, as a joke.

Speaking to BuzzFeed News, she explains that Alex did in fact alter the image to cover any private parts.

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She said:

Alex did a couple of things to the SnapChat – she put it in black and white, she set it up the highest fast-forward speed possible and covered my private parts with squiggles and emojis. Before she posted it, she asked if I was fine with it, and I was completely OK – you could see nothing. I didn’t think twice about it.

But she found out yesterday that someone had managed to save the video, got rid of the edits and circulated it online.

A photo posted by Tigerlily (@djtigerlily) on Mar 19, 2016 at 10:25pm PDT

Tigerlily continued:

I’ve read these horror stories of young women having their privacy violated online and it destroying their lives for months, years. It’s not necessarily something I want to draw attention to, but now that it’s out in the public, I felt compelled to speak out. I like to try and think of myself as an advocate for women being themselves, embracing their bodies, their passions, speaking out. I didn’t want it to affect that.

Now, in response to this grim injustice – which is sadly experienced by many online – she will now be donating $5,000 to mental health charity Headspace, and has opened a donations page.